Some very important things can be drawn from even this lightweight news report. I haven't read the full report yet but
Presumably TSB Ca. will now have to rewrite its reporting requirements.
isn't one of them - the report suggests that Transport Canada's procedures were good, it's just that the operator didn't follow them.
This sort of thing has AF 447 written all over it
Not sure that I see the link quite as clearly as you.
But for everyone who has to run an SMS there looks like this event highlights a very practical problem. Any SMS will require an occurrence to be assessed and certain actions to be taken depending on the results of the assessment. By its very nature, an assessment will be based on the views of a group of experts within the organisation. The problem is, what if another group - say the TSBC - would have come to a different conclusion? Does it mean that the SMS is wrong? Does it mean that the SMS has failed?
The rather glib comments reported of the airline's president don't sound like someone who's been closely involved in an in-depth review of SMS processes but, who knows, maybe the words have been presented out of context.
But for anyone who is critical of SMS, ask yourself, what do you think TC would have done if a report had been sent to them? And if it's not to your satisfaction, what would you expect them to have done? And how would have things have been different?
Ho, hum - must go and get the report now.